folding utility trailer

License in a swivel so it’s visible when being used as well as retracted. Also a second set of tail lights.

You say the license plate swivels down so it is visible when retracted. My state does not license utility trailers, so the trailer would have no license. The license plate that is blocked is the tow vehicle's plate.

I believe Wa8yxm was talking about the tow vehicle's license plate NOT the trailer's plate.

Personally, it's a neat little trailer for the person with money to spend and no real need of a trailer but who enjoys quirky stuff.

Realistically, being able to fold the trailer up while hitched isn't really practical. It doesn't reduce the space needed to store it when not in use (eg, garage or driveway space). And when it's hitched, as mentioned,it blocks the ability to access the back of the vehicle, so you aren't going to want to drive around with it hitched and folded all the time.

In limited use as "extra storage" on the road for a motorhome, it could make sense. But for other "casual use" to haul stuff, I don't see it being that great. It'd be easier to use a bike rack, rooftop carrier, etc.

And for professional use such as landscaping, it makes no sense at all - most landscapers store equipment permanently in their trailers, so they'd never empty it completely and fold it while hitched. It makes no sense - especially sense they couldn't open their truck's tailgate while it's hitched.

Even for something like moving, the benefit of "folding it up and parking" is minimal. You still have to find a place to park it extended to remove everything before you could fold it up. And once you've removed everything, you're done and can just leave, so why waste time folding it to find another parking space. And let's be serious, most college students don't want their parents hanging around the dorm all day - "get my stuff unloaded and in my room, then go away before you embarass me".

rhtboston wrote:


Aside from Emergency Evacuations, here are a few uses that we've taken advantage of:

Family Road trips
Emergency Evacuations
Town Recycle
Outdoors Activities
DIY Home Improvements
Landscaping
Traveling Sports
College Student Move-In Day
…to name a few

I hope this helps clarify...thanks everyone

Bob Taylor

This did not help me understand. Sure I can see the utility of a small trailer for the tasks mentioned, and more. I don't see the advantage of folding up the trailer after such uses. Nor can I envision how this trailer would be using for camping. Perhaps it could be used to carry firewood to a campsite and then afterwards fold it up for the return trip. Even that seems questionable. After dropping off firewood or student move in stuff, I think it would be easier just to return without trying to fold up the trailer. I also wonder how many SUVs are designed to carry or drive well with several hundred pounds of trailer and hitch behind the rear axle.

My daughter lives in town and several of the neighbours have folding trailers. Their HOA doesn’t allow trailers in the driveway or yard. A folding trailer just stands up inside the garag or a garden shed and takes up very little space.

There is a use for nearly everything, just not everyone.

JaxDad wrote:

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There is a use for nearly everything, just not everyone.

LOL!

Unfortunately rhtboston won’t be answering any more questions.

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I'd use it at home for yard cleanup. I'd tow it behind my Polaris Ranger, but there's far cheaper and lighter trailers for that duty.

It's an interesting idea. I mean come on I've never even dreamt of a folding trailer and here somebody has actually designed and built one.

To the developer even though they cannot post here. Is it possible to put some swiveling wheels on the front so it can be rolled around in the garage to store it against the wall?

And if you do create a new video I would find a way to shorten the overall length. You could definitely speed up the majority of removing all the panels in the video. Maybe show unlatching and removing of one panel and then a 3 second still shot of the trailer with two panels removed then a shot with three panels removed and on and on. Same with the folding. Show hooking up the strap and the trailer starting to fold. Then as soon as the fenders clear the pavement without dragging on the ground speed up the video to double or triple speed for the rest of the folding.

To dedmiston, I'm curious, is the poster banned from posting on the forum or just prohibited from posting about the folding trailer?

opnspaces wrote:
To dedmiston, I'm curious, is the poster banned from posting on the forum or just prohibited from posting about the folding trailer?

He’s gone. Banned.